An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi
William Young Ottley's 1816 history of early copper engraving and woodcut, printed in London for John and Arthur Arch, aimed at collectors and connoisseurs tracing engravers from Maso Finiguerra to Marcantonio Raimondi. The plates reproduce fifteenth- and sixteenth-century prints, chiefly Dürer's Passion woodcuts, with dense parallel hatching, heavy drapery folds, crowded figure groups, and a lighter silverpoint-style Holy Family drawing.
